Phonograph.



N. H; HOLLAND.

PHONOGRAPH. APPLICATION FILED 1130.2, 1011.

1,106,448. Patented Au .11,1914.

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To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, NEWMAN H. HoLLANo, a subject ofthe King of GreatBritain, and a resident of West Orange, in the county of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.Phonographs, of which thewhich instructions may readily be indicatedfor any desired part of the record. In conformity with this object, Iprovide a memo-' ra'ndum holder and a straight edge extending-ac'rossthe face of the holder, these parts being so connected to the fixedparts of the phonograph and the sound box support as to move relativelyto each other at a speed corresponding with that of the recorder orreproducer across the record surface. I also provide a resilient pencilormarker support adapted to hold the pencil in convenient po' sition formarking upon a memorandum carriedby the memorandum holder or of beingdepremed, ifnecessary, so as to permit the placin of the cover upon thephonograph. Inny preferred construction, I provide retaining meansadapted toengage the resilient dpencil support to hold the sameindepresse position.

Other objects of my invention will appear more fully in the followingspecification and appended claims. j

In ordei that my invention may be more clearly understood, attention ishereby directed to the'accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification and in which-.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a phonograph embodying one formof my invention; Fig. 2 represents a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3represents a plan view of my improved memorandumholder with amemorandumsheet therein; Fig. 4 represents a cross section taken on the line 3;and Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the bracket for connectingthe memorandum holder to the sound box support or car rier arm of thephonograph.

In all of the views, like parts are designated by the same referencecharacters.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 2, 1911.

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Patented Aug Illl, 391 i. Serial No. 663,558.

ward end of the carriage 4 is a frame 5 supporting a recorder 6 and areproducer 7, the pivotal movement of this frame permitting either therecorder or the reproducer to be brought into operative position. Asshown 1n Figs. 1 and 2, theframe 5 is in position for recording. Themandrel the, main shaft 9 whichis adapted to be driven from the pulley 10 when-operatively connected thereto by the clutch 11, rotation beingimparted to the pulley 10 by the phonograph motor (not shown).

' The numeral 12 represents a feed screw which is adapted to be engagedby a nut 13 supported from the traveling carriage 4 by a spring 14 tofeed the said carriage along the rod at the desired speed.

My improved memorandum attachment comprises a platen 15 provided alongthe forward edge thereof with an inwardly directed flange l6 and alongthe lateral edges with inwardly directed flanges 17 and 18, theseflanges serving, as shown in Fig. 3, to retain a memorandum sheet A inposition on the platen. The platen 15 is secured to the travelingcarriage of the phonograph by means of a bracket 19, the platen beingpreferably provided adjacent one end thereof with downwardly directedflanges 20 and 21 adapted to'be secured to the ends of an arm 22extending across one end of the bracket. The latter, as shown at 23, isr0- vided with a web-like portion extending longitudinally of the platen15. Intermediatetheends thereof, the bracket is formed with an arm 24extending transverse to the web 23 and adaptedto support the bottom ofthe said laten intermediate the ends thereof. At the end of the bracketop osite that having the arm 22 are two spaced ver tical projections 25.The portion of the bracket betweenthese projections is formed with ascrew threaded recess 26 adapted to receive a screw 2?, which panicsthrou h and bears u on the bottom of the cup-Ii e portion 28 o theplaten 15 to assist in holdmg the latter in position on the bracket. Atthe end thereof adjacent the arm 22, the bracket, is provided with afork-like portion nating engage the and I preferably 29 adapted tostraddle the carrier arm 4 as shown in Fig. l, a screw 30 passingthrough one of the arms of this portion of the bracket serving to securethe same to the said arm. Substantially midway of the length thereof,the bracket is provided with the rearwardly' directed arm 31 adapted totubular extension 32 of the carrier arm. The .-.rm 31 is preferablyprovided with a recess 31 to enable the same to fit closely over theextension 32 and is secured to the said extension, as by one or more setscrews 33.

A straight edge 34 preferably formed of a strip of resilient sheet metallooped about the guide rod 3, as shown at 35,,and clamped thereto as bya set screw 36, extends across the face of the platen 15. the said armextending across the platen is preferably twisted to a verticalposition, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

My improved pencil support preferably comprises a spiral spring 37forming a resilient rod or arm threaded into a threaded aperture 37 inthe bracket 19 so as to extend vertically upward on the phonograph. Thisarm carries at its upper end a chain 38 carrying a socket 39 or anyother suitable means for holding a pencil 40 in convenient position withrespect to the platen. As shown in the drawings, the pencil is maintained by the arm 37 in a position adjacent the upper end of the platen,from which position it may readily be drawn across the straight edge 34to'mark placed 'upon the platen. When released after this operation, itwill be moved by the arm 37 to its normal position. A support such asthe spring 37 may be easily depressed when it is desired to place thecover of the phonograph in position upon the machine; secure to thebracket 19 a curved finger or hook 41 adapted to retain the spring rod37 in depressed position, as shown ih dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Numerous ty es of memorandum fo ms may obviously e used with myinvention, but for convenience of illustration, I have disclosed a forminvented by Nelson C. Durand, and described and claimed by him in anapplication, Serial No. 663,566, filed on even date herewith. This formis provided with a representation 42 of the scale commonly employed uponcommercial phonographs, under whic scale are a number of spacesextending parallel to" the scale and provided with printed stock phrasesdesigthe instructions to be noted. At one end of this form are a numberof spaces for designating the record and any other desired information.In using my invention, the memorandum sheet is fed past the straightedge 34 at a rate equalto the movement of the recorder or reproduceracross the record surface. If, therefore, the dictator draws -sheet willvividly indicate in advance The portion of a memorandum I the pencil 40across the straight edge 34 and marks the memorandum in the properlongitudinal space, for example, that marked Corrections, while therecorder is at the part of the record for which the instructions are tobe given, these instructions and the part or parts of the record towhich they refer will be clearly, indicated to the transcriber by themar ed memorandu.n sheet. The phonograph of the transcriber shouldpreferably also be provided with a memorandum attachment similar to thatdescribed above for receiving the marked memorandum sheet, so that theapproach of the straight edge and the mark or marks on the the part ofthe record to which reference is made by the memorandum. If for example,as

stated above, the sheet is provided with a mark indicating thatcorrections are to be made in a particular part of the record, thetranscriber, by the approach of the straight edge and the said mark.will be advised to listen for corrections to be made.

My invention is obviously capable of considerable-modification and Iwish it, therefore, to be understoodithat I to the exact details shownand described.

am not limited f What I claim as new and desire to protect by LettersPatent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with. aphonograph having a retatable record support, a carrier arm or sound boxsupport, and means for uniformly progressing said sound boxsupportmcross said record support, of a memorandum holder, a bracket fordetachably securing said holder to said carrier arm, the said brackethaving a yoke-shaped portion straddling and secured to the said arm, anda stationary straight edge detachably secured tosaid phonograph inproximity to the upper face of said holder, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class. described, the combinationwith a phonographhaving a rotatable record support, a back rod, a guide rod, a sound boxcarrier arm slidably mounted on said guide rod and having an Illextension mounted on said back rod, and

means for uniformly progressing said sound box support across said'record'support, of a memorandum holder, :1 bracket for detachablysecuringsa'id holder to said carrier arm, and a straight edge detachablysecured to said guide rod, in proximity to the upper face of saidholder, the said bracket having a yoke-shaped portion straddling andsecured to said arm, and a second portion resting upon the extension ofthe carrier arm, substantiallyas described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a phonographhaving a rotatable record support, a carrierarm or r o i 1,10o,44s eound box support and means for uniformly progressing said sound boxsupport across said record support, of a memorandum holder. a bracketfor detachably securing said holder to said carrier arm, and astationary straight edge secured to said phonograph in proximity to theupper face of said holder, and extending over substantially the fullwidth of the same, substantially as describe 4. In a device of the classdescribed, the t'fllllblntltlflll'\Vltll a phonograph having a rotatablereeord support, a sound box support. and means for producing a relativefeeding movement between said supports, of a holder carrying amemorandum sheet having in-diraiting spaces extending longitudinallythereof, and a straight edge located in proximity to said holder andextending over substantially the full width of the indieating spaces ofsaid memorandum sheet, the said holder and straight edge being connectedwith said phonograph for relative movement proportionately to therelative movement between said record and sound b x supports,substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a phonographhaving a rotatable record support, a carrier arm or sound box support,and means for uniformly progressing said sound box support across saidrecord support, of a holder secured to said sound box support andcarrying a memorandum sheet having indicating spaces extendinglongitudinally thereof, and a st tending over substantially the fullwidth of the indicating spaces of said memorandum sheet, substantiallyas described.

(5. In a device of the class described, the combination with aphonogiaph having a rotatable record support, a sound box support, andmeans for producing a relative feeding movement between said supports,of a holder carrying a memorandum sheet and provided with inwardlydirected flanges for retaining the memorandum sheet thereon, saidmemorandum sheet having indicating spaces extending longitudinallythereof. and a straight edge located in proximity to said holder andextending over substantially the full width of the indicating spaces ofthe memorandum sheet, the said holder and straight edge being connectedwith said phonograph for relative movement proportionately to therelative movement between said record and sound box supports,substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25) day of November 191].

N EW MAN H. HOLLAND.

\Vitnesses Fnnonmox BACHMANN, ANNA R. KLEHM.

